غالیچه

Persian

Etymology

A voiced variant of خالیچه (xālīča).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɣɑː.liː.t͡ʃa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣɑː.liː.t͡ʃʰä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɣɑː.liː.t͡ʃʰä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɣɑː.liː.t͡ʃʰä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɣɔː.li.t͡ʃʰä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒː.liː.t͡ʃʰe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʁɔ.li.t͡ʃʰä]

Readings
Classical reading?	ğālīča
Dari reading?	ğālīča
Iranian reading?	ğâliče
Tajik reading?	ġoliča

Noun

غالیچه • (ğālīča)

1. a small carpet

Descendants

• → Assamese: গালিচা (galisa)
• → Bengali: গালিচা (galica)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ग़ालीचा (ġālīcā)

  Urdu: غالِیچا (ġālīcā)

• → Konkani: gālico

  Devanagari script: गालिचो

  Latin script: galicho

  Kannada script: ಗಾಲಿಚೊ

• → Marathi: गालिचा (gālicā)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “غالیچه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul